Network downtime is never welcome. Today, businesses depend so much on their mission-critical applications that any downtime is unacceptable. They simply can’t afford it. In today’s mission-critical business environment, no one is immune. Network managers at mid- to large-sized enterprises need to get serious about doing everything they can to reduce network downtime to zero. Read this white paper to learn how a software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) can help you gain better application performance and increased network flexibility, while putting the achievement of 100 percent uptime within your reach.